Copenhagen, and the Hanseatic Ports of Northern

9 DAYS/8 NIGHTS | GROUP TRAVEL SUGGESTED ITINERARY | CAN BE CUSTOMIZED

INCLUSIONS This fascinating itinerary was crafted to show you some of Europe’s most interesting historical sights. In just over a week you will visit ’s grand capital city, explore German cities  Accommodations: along the and the of immense cultural heritage, and then spend a couple Copenhagen 2 nights, days in Germany’s lively capital city. And despite the fact that no fewer than three UNESCO Lübeck 1 night, 1 night, Lüneburg 2 World Heritage Sites are featured in the itinerary, you will find that these destinations are nights, Berlin 2 nights unspoiled and not jam-packed with tourists. If your group is looking to pair incredible, off-the- beaten-path sightseeing with European capital cities, this is the itinerary for you.  Meals: Continental breakfast daily, lunch and dinner as noted in check in and then have the remainder of the DAY 1 • ARRIVE IN itinerary COPENHAGEN afternoon to continue discovering this beautiful city. (Please note that should your  Air-conditioned, private Welcome to ! coaching group arrive before the hotel’s official check- Upon arrival to in time, which is generally 3:00 pm, you are  English-speaking Copenhagen, Denmark’s beautiful capital more than welcome to store your baggage assistants and guides city, a local guide will meet your group in with the hotel staff so that you can  Admission tickets as the airport arrivals hall and immediately immediately head out and enjoy discovering outlined in the itinerary lead it on a panoramic city tour of Copenhagen.) Copenhagen. See the sights of the Danish capital beginning with a drive down This evening there will be a group welcome HIGHLIGHTS Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard, which dinner in the hotel’s restaurant.  Visit three UNESCO runs past the Tivoli Gardens, a world DAY 2 • COPENHAGEN World Heritage Sites famous amusement park. Cross the TIVOLI GARDENS picturesque canal and drive past  Visit Denmark’s iconic Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the After breakfast in the hotel, a Tivoli Gardens local guide will meet your Danish Parliament. Pass the beautiful,  Guided tour of historic Stock Exchange and see Kongens group in the lobby and accompany it to Copenhagen Nytorv (King’s New Square) with its Royal Tivoli Gardens, an iconic symbol of Denmark.  Historic waterfronts and (This historic park served as one of Walt Theater. Continue to Nyhavn, a street well town halls known for the variety of its nightlife, and Disney’s inspirations to create Disneyland.)  Gothic brick architecture then see Amalienborg Palace, the Danish Inside the park, the guide will show your Royal Family’s winter residence. Your tour group many of Tivoli Gardens’ best  Vibrant Berlin’s top will then take you to one of the most attractions. Afterwards, you and your fellow attractions group members can continue exploring the famous sights in Copenhagen: the Little  Visit Potsdam’s Sanssouci park on your own and at your own pace. Mermaid statue, located in Copenhagen’s Park lovely harbor. As part of the tour you will The remainder of the day is free, so please also see Rosenborg Castle, which was built feel free to stay in Tivoli Gardens. in the Dutch-Renaissance style by the Alternatively, consider visiting one of Danish King Christian IV as a summer Copenhagen’s museums or check out the residence. The tour will finish at your city’s fantastic shopping scene. Before your Copenhagen hotel, where your group can guide finishes showing your group around Tivoli Gardens, feel free to ask for buy souvenirs or continue exploring suggestions of what to see and do during Lübeck. By mid-afternoon everyone will your free time in Copenhagen. regroup and re-board the coach to travel to the historic city of Bremen. DAY 3 • COPENHAGEN - LÜBECK Upon arrival to your hotel in Bremen, your group will check in and then enjoy an After breakfast and check- evening at leisure. out, your group will board a private coach and travel south from DAY 5 • BREMEN - Copenhagen to Denmark’s southern tip at LÜNEBURG Rodby. From there your group will cross with After breakfast and check- the ferry into Germany. When you arrive to out, your group will set out Puttgarden, a local German coach driver will on another exciting day of Hanseatic meet your group at the ferry terminal and sightseeing! A local guide will meet your drive it to the beautiful city of Lübeck, the group in the lobby and show it historic formal capital of the . Upon Bremen’s best sightseeing attractions. arriving to your hotel in Lübeck, your group will check in and then have some free time to The 1,200-year-old city of Bremen, located begin looking around this extremely historic on the Weser River, was a major trading city, whose entire Old Town is a UNESCO port in the Hanseatic League and remains World Heritage Site. (And if you venture out an important commercial and industrial city to begin exploring the city’s large historical today. This morning will begin with a quarter, we suggest you seek out one walking tour through Bremen’s Old Town. Lübeck’s most well-loved delicacies: Walk along the moats of the former marzipan.) medieval city walls in Wallangen Park and through the bustling pedestrian zones. The Tonight your group members will dine highlight of your tour will undoubtedly be together in Lübeck. Market Square, dominated by the “Weser DAY 4 • LÜBECK - Renaissance” façade of the UNESCO-listed BREMEN Town Hall and statute of Roland. Your tour continues along artistic Böttcherstrasse and After breakfast and check-out, the Schlachte riverside promenade, and at a local guide will lead your its conclusion you will again have free time group on a fascinating tour of Lübeck. to buy souvenirs or look around on your Lübeck was the formal capital and “queen own. By mid-afternoon your group will city” of the Hanseatic League, and its entire regroup and board its coach to transfer to Old Quarter, which is located on an island in the nearby city of Lüneburg. the Trave River, is a UNESCO World Heritage Your group members will dine together this Site. Your tour this morning will feature the evening in Lüneburg. Old Town gates, the Town Hall, and the many beautiful churches including Marienkirche, DAY 6 • LÜNEBURG the world’s tallest brick church. Other sights SIGHTSEEING include the historic salt warehouses and the After breakfast in the hotel, Medieval Hospital of the Holy Ghost. a local guide will lead your Once the tour has finished, you and your group on a sightseeing tour of the historic city of Lüneburg. Lüneburg participated in fellow travelers will have some time to eat, the Hanseatic Diet starting in 1363 and of the day to explore this energetic city on remained in the League right through to your own. the 17th century. The city’s several- DAY 8 • BERLIN - hundred-year monopoly on salt production POTSDAM in the linked the city with Lübeck, the chief Hanseatic city. The cityscape After breakfast in the hotel, attests to the city's earlier wealth and your group will travel intensive trading during the Hanseatic outside of Berlin by private coach to boom. Potsdam, a baroque city surrounded by parks. You will have a guided tour of the Your walking tour of the Old Town includes most spectacular of them, Sanssouci Park. the picturesque riverside quarter, the Town With its ornate palaces, manicured gardens Hall (one of northern Germany's largest Why Should You and picturesque pavilions you will be and most beautiful medieval town halls) Book Your Vacation amazed at the incredible detail around each and "Am Sande" Square featuring some with Go-today? corner or bend in the path. magnificent brick buildings. The tour

continues with a visit to the German Salt Upon returning to Berlin, enjoy free time Ease of Use Museum where your group will learn how a before reconvening with your fellow group nondescript mineral became a vital building members for a farewell group dinner at a block of life and was nicknamed “white local restaurant near your hotel. Experience gold.” DAY 9 • DEPART BERLIN

Flexibility At the conclusion of your tour of Lüneburg, After breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. checkout, your group will travel by private coach to Peace of Mind DAY 7 • DAY 7 ~ LÜNEBURG - BERLIN the airport for its return flight to the USA or Canada. Destination Expertise After breakfast in the hotel and check-out, your group will travel by private coach to the vibrant metropolis of Berlin, Germany’s capital. When you arrive in Berlin you will have time on your own to grab some lunch before reconvening for an afternoon tour of this fabulous city. Highlights include the Gate, Reichstag, Potsdamer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie, Unter den Linden, and the Berlin Cathedral.

The tour will finish back at the hotel, and after check-in you will have the remainder

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